moody's investor services said that it will do that unless the white house and congress reach a deal on taxes, spending, and the debt. the national debt just topped $16 trillion and counting with no solution in sight. the first downgrade of america's credit rating happened after the president and the republican speaker of the house john boehner failed to agree last year on what was called the grand bargain to address overspending. in an interview, president obama told us that if he's reelected, he will reach a compromise with republicans. during a campaign swing through florida, he asked him about that and about the sharp division in america that makes this presidential race so close. i wonder why you think this country is so evenly divided. why have we become a red country and a blue country? >> sometimes politics gets a little more heated. passions rise. and, you know, i think what americans are looking for, it's not so much that they're divided ideologically, i think they just want to see us make progress and do what works. >> pelley: you don't believe the country ideologically di